public service

Example Sentences

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Newsom’s executive order prohibits gubernatorial appointees “from using any non-public information obtained due to their public service to personally profit or assist another person…in profiting from participation in predictive markets.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026

Some have questioned the BBC's appointment of someone with a background in tech rather than public service or traditional editorial experience.

From BBC • Mar. 25, 2026

"That would have been an important specimen," said Freeman, lead author of the study and a senior public service associate emeritus at the UGA Odum School of Ecology.

From Science Daily • Mar. 23, 2026

Still, it highlights how mixing public service and private business can raise ethics questions.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 19, 2026

I thought about Lieutenant Colonel Murnane, my tenth- and eleventh-grade history and social studies teacher, who lit a fire in me about the importance of public service.

From "The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates" by Wes Moore